On Sat, Mar 05, 2016 at 03:23:18PM -0500, grarpamp wrote: > > Bottom line: if FBI/DoJ can strongarm Apple into electronically > > signing malware, then we have entered into a truly new imperial > > era, where trillion-dollar companies can be rubber-hosed into > > misusing their private crypto keys. > > > > No amount of technology, per se, can prevent this particular > > MITM attack. We're now going to have to have multiple keys > > from multiple "trusted" sources prior to accepting a firmware > > update. Forget visiting Switzerland or the Cayman Islands > > for access to $$$; you may now have to physically go there to > > get your iPhone securely updated. > > See this is a problem. All this trust in single entities, > singular and closed systems you keep needing to place. > Why in the fuck do you keep doing this? > > You compute hardware should be completely open. > You compute software should be completely open. > You should fuse your own keys into your own hardware > for software builds you reproducibly build sign and install > yourself from distributed opensource software. > > Open designs, open fabs, open products, open source. > You are NOT going to solve these problems without it. > > And quit crying profit... the work of your plumber is all in the > open and profitable. > > Or quality... all quality is currently shit, but at least > you stand a chance of seeing the flies on it if it's open. >
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